Ironing-board attachment.



C. BURGESS.

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATIONIILED 1030.13, 1905.

901 ,950. Patented 001:. 27,1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES BURGESS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE TIBBILS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IRONING-B OARD ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES BURGESS, of Rochester, in thecounty of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and to the reference numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to ironing boards and it has for its object to provide a supplementary or auxiliary board thereon adapted to be used particularly as a support for small garments, sleeves of garments or other parts thereof during pressing operations, which may be folded on the main ironing board in a position which will not interfere with operations thereon.

My invention has for its further object to provide a novel means of attaching the auxiliary board which will perform the dual purpose of supporting the latter in operative position above the main ironing board and when said board is in the inoperative position will form means for suspending the main board from a suitable support.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combina tions of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts in the position they assume when the auxiliary ironing board is in an inoperative position, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device connecting the two boards.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

In illustrating my present invention 1 have shown it in connection with an ironing board 1, of the usual or any preferred con- 'struction, at one end of which is mounted the supplemental or auxiliary ironing board 2, supported a short distance above the board 1 and of such proportions that it may be conveniently employed for use in ironing or pressing small clothes or garments, sleeves or other portions of garments which cannot be readily fitted to the larger board.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 13, 1905.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Serial No. 291,517.

The support for the supplemental or auxiliary board and the means for connecting it to the main ironing board is one adapted to permit the said auxiliary board to be readily moved into and out of operative position and, when in the operative position, to be adjusted into a substantially vertical plane to permit a garment to be applied thereto. This connection is in the form of a frame pivotally connected to both of the boards and for convenience in construction, it is preferably formed of a single piece of steel rod formed, as shown in Fig. 3. In forming the frame it is provided with arms 3-3, of a length equal to the distance it is desired to support the smaller or auxiliary board above the board 1, the extremities 4.-1 of which are located in alinement and held in a clip 5 attached to the lowerside of the board 1 at one end thereof. The upper ends of the arms are extended inwardly, as indicated at 66, forming journals on which the board 2 is pivoted by clips 7. A support for the board 2 engages the latter at a point in front of the connecting arms and also rests on the top of the main ironing board when the frame is in its normal position. This support is formed by extending the portions 8-8 of the frame downwardly from the journals 6-6 to the surface of the board 1, then forward as indicated at 99 and upwardly as indicated at 1010, terminating in the flat top of a loop 11, which forms a stop for the board 2 and serves to support it in a horizontal position parallel to the main board 1.

In attaching the frame to the main ironing board the clip 5 is preferably located a short distance from one end of the board and the latter is provided with notches 12 through which the arms 3 3 of the frame project, when in their normal position, so that strain exerted by a downward pressure on the forward end of the board 2 will be resisted by the engagement of the ends 1-4 with the under surface of the board, thus preventing strain from being borne entirely by the connections for securing the frame to the board. The forwardly projecting portions 99 of the frame limit the movement of said uprights or arms, and by being formed integral with the supports or struts lO-10, the latter are always accurately positioned.

WVhen the supplemental ironing board is moved into an inoperative position it is beneath the main board 1, as shown in Fig. 2, and the portions 9-9 of the connecting frame then project outwardly relatively to the board 1, and the struts 10-10 are substantially parallel thereto and form with portion 11 a hook which may be advantageously used as a means for suspending the entire apparatus when it is not in use.

Devices constructed in accordance with my invention consist of few parts which may be easily formed. If desired, a frame with its clip may be attached to the auxiliary board and these parts provided as a separate article which may be readily connected. to ironing boards already in use.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination with a main board and an auxiliary board, of a frame comprising arms pivoted at their lower ends to the main board and at their upper ends to the auxiliary board, and a support extending forwardly from the arms near their lower ends to rest upon the main board and thence up wardly to engage the undersurface of the auxiliary board.

2. The combination with a main ironing board and an auxiliary ironing board, of a frame comprising arms which are pivotally connected at their lower and upper ends to the main and auxiliary boards respectively and a strut extending from the arms between and bearing against the two boards at one side of the arms.

3. The combination with a :main ironing board and an auxiliary board, of a frame comprising arms pivotally connected at their lower ends to the lower side of the main board, and at their upper ends to the lower side of the auxiliary board and a strut extending from the arms engaging the main board to normally support the arms in an upright position and forming a rest for holding the auxiliary board parallel to the main board.

4. The combination with a main ironing board provided with slots at one end and an auxiliary ironing board, of arms pivoted to the lower side of the main board and adapted when in the normal position to project upwardly through said slots, connections between the upper ends of the arms and the auxiliary board and means extending forwardly from said arms and engaging the main and the auxiliary board for holding the auxiliary board parallel to the main board.

5. The combination with a main and an auxiliary ironing board, of a frame connect ing them and comprising a pair of arms having portions at each end extending toward each other and connected to the boards, portions extending downwardly from the upper portions to the main board, portions extending forwardly from the lower ends of the down *ardly extending portions, portions extending upwardly from the forwardly extending portions, and a portion connecting the upper ends of the upwardly extending portions and supporting the auxiliary board.

CHARLES BURGESS.

\Vitnesses GEORGE TIBBILS, WILLARD RICH. 

